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Compsognathus (elegant jaw)
Taxonomy
Compsognathus was named by Wagner (1861).
It was assigned to Sauria by Quenstedt (1867); to Symphypoda by Cope (1867), Cope (1869) and Cope (1869); to Compsognatha by Huxley (1870); to Ornithoscelida by Williston (1878); to Symphypoda by Cope (1870) and Seeley (1879); to Goniopoda by Cope (1887); to Podokesauridae by Lull (1915); to Coeluridae by Romer (1956), Romer (1966), Swinton (1970), Steel (1970) and Casamiquela (1975); to Theropoda by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Maniraptora by Osmolska (1990); to Avipoda by Novas (1992); to Coelurosauria by Gauthier and Padian (1985), Holtz (1994), Holtz (1995) and Holtz (1996); to Tetanurae by Sereno (1997); to Compsognathinae by Rauhut (2003); to Compsognathidae by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Lydekker (1888), Marsh (1896), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1920), Matthew and Brown (1922), Huene (1926), Stromer (1934), Bidar et al. (1972), Ostrom (1978), McIntosh (1981), Welles (1984), Paul (1988), Carroll (1988), Zinke (1998), Holtz et al. (2004), Peyer (2004), Hwang et al. (2004), Göhlich et al. (2006), Peyer (2006), Gishlick and Gauthier (2007), Naish and Martill (2007), Ji et al. (2007) and Rauhut et al. (2010); and to Coelurosauria by Carrano et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Sauria by Quenstedt (1867); to Symphypoda by Cope (1867), Cope (1869) and Cope (1869); to Compsognatha by Huxley (1870); to Ornithoscelida by Williston (1878); to Symphypoda by Cope (1870) and Seeley (1879); to Goniopoda by Cope (1887); to Podokesauridae by Lull (1915); to Coeluridae by Romer (1956), Romer (1966), Swinton (1970), Steel (1970) and Casamiquela (1975); to Theropoda by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Maniraptora by Osmolska (1990); to Avipoda by Novas (1992); to Coelurosauria by Gauthier and Padian (1985), Holtz (1994), Holtz (1995) and Holtz (1996); to Tetanurae by Sereno (1997); to Compsognathinae by Rauhut (2003); to Compsognathidae by Sauvage (1882), Marsh (1882), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1884), Marsh (1885), Lydekker (1888), Marsh (1896), Mansel-Pleydell (1902), Huene (1909), von Zittel (1911), Huene (1914), Huene (1914), Huene (1920), Matthew and Brown (1922), Huene (1926), Stromer (1934), Bidar et al. (1972), Ostrom (1978), McIntosh (1981), Welles (1984), Paul (1988), Carroll (1988), Zinke (1998), Holtz et al. (2004), Peyer (2004), Hwang et al. (2004), Göhlich et al. (2006), Peyer (2006), Gishlick and Gauthier (2007), Naish and Martill (2007), Ji et al. (2007) and Rauhut et al. (2010); and to Coelurosauria by Carrano et al. (2012).
Sister genera
Aniksosaurus, Aorun, Bicentenaria, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Coelurus (syn. Coelurus gracilis), Columbosauripus, Defarrariischnium, Ignotornis, Juravenator, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Nedcolbertia, Ngexisaurus, Ornitholestes, Ornithomimipus (syn. Irenichnites), Plesiothornipus, Proceratosaurus, Richardoestesia, Satapliasaurus, Shensipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Tugulusaurus, Xinjiangovenator, Zuolong
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1861 | Compsognathus Wagner p. 94 |
| 1867 | Compsognathus Cope p. 234 |
| 1867 | Compsognathus Quenstedt pp. 150-151 |
| 1869 | Compsognathus Cope p. 117 |
| 1870 | Compsognathus Cope p. 120 |
| 1870 | Compsognathus Huxley p. 35 |
| 1878 | Compsognathus Williston p. 45 |
| 1879 | Compsognathus Seeley p. 183 |
| 1882 | Compsognathus Marsh |
| 1882 | Compsognathus Sauvage p. 36 |
| 1884 | Compsognathus Marsh p. 69 |
| 1885 | Compsognathus Marsh p. 765 |
| 1887 | Compsognathus Cope p. 221 |
| 1888 | Compsognathus Lydekker p. 156 |
| 1896 | Compsognathus Marsh p. 240 |
| 1902 | Compsognathus Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxix |
| 1909 | Compsognathus Huene p. 15 |
| 1911 | Compsognathus von Zittel p. 282 |
| 1914 | Compsognathus Huene p. 34 |
| 1915 | Compsognathus Lull p. 155 |
| 1920 | Compsognathus Huene p. 162 |
| 1922 | Compsognathus Matthew and Brown pp. 372-373 |
| 1926 | Compsognathus Huene p. 82 |
| 1934 | Compsognathus Stromer p. 80 |
| 1956 | Compsognathus Romer p. 612 |
| 1966 | Compsognathus Romer p. 369 |
| 1970 | Compsognathus Steel p. 15 |
| 1970 | Compsognathus Swinton p. 124 |
| 1972 | Compsognathus Bidar et al. |
| 1975 | Compsognathus Casamiquela p. 97 |
| 1978 | Compsognathus Ostrom p. 75 |
| 1981 | Compsognathus McIntosh p. 9 |
| 1984 | Compsognathus Welles p. 177 |
| 1985 | Compsognathus Gauthier and Padian p. 190 |
| 1988 | Compsognathus Carroll |
| 1988 | Compsognathus Paul p. 297 |
| 1989 | Compsognathus Gauthier et al. p. 347 |
| 1990 | Compsognathus Osmolska p. 149 |
| 1992 | Compsognathus Novas p. 144 |
| 1994 | Compsognathus Holtz, Jr. |
| 1995 | Compsognathus Holtz, Jr. p. 35A |
| 1996 | Compsognathus Holtz, Jr. p. 42A |
| 1997 | Compsognathus Sereno p. 456 |
| 1998 | Compsognathus Zinke p. 181 |
| 2003 | Compsognathus Rauhut p. 151 |
| 2004 | Compsognathus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 76 |
| 2004 | Compsognathus Hwang et al. p. 28 fig. 12 |
| 2004 | Compsognathus Peyer p. 101A |
| 2006 | Compsognathus Göhlich et al. p. 7 |
| 2006 | Compsognathus Peyer p. 880 |
| 2007 | Compsognathus Gishlick and Gauthier p. 579 |
| 2007 | Compsognathus Ji et al. p. 13 |
| 2007 | Compsognathus Naish and Martill p. 504 |
| 2010 | Compsognathus Rauhut et al. pp. 183-184 fig. 23 |
| 2012 | Compsognathus Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7 |
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